Massimo Ceccherini

Massimo Ceccherini

Born: May 23, 1965
in Scandicci - Tuscany - Italy
Figlio di un imbianchino, sembra destinato alla professione paterna ma è molto attratto dal mondo dello spettacolo: debutta in televisione partecipando a La corrida di Corrado e per anni porta avanti la carriera del cabarettista a fianco dell'amicoAlessandro Paci, in particolare inizia a farsi conoscere dal pubblico televisivo nel programma cabarettistico di Videomusic(poi TMC2) Aria fresca, presentato da un giovane Carlo Conti. Nel frattempo ottiene la prima parte in un film, Benvenuti in casa Gori del regista Alessandro Benvenuti, col quale l'anno seguente girerà anche la pellicola Zitti e mosca. Nel 1994, al fianco di Paolo Villaggio, recita in Cari fottutissimi amici diretto da Mario Monicelli. Il successo popolare arriva però con la collaborazione con l'amico Leonardo Pieraccioni, partecipando a tutti i suoi film, tranne Il pesce innamorato, Il paradiso all'improvviso e Finalmente la felicità (in questi ultimi due comunque appare in brevi camei). È regista e sceneggiatore di tre film: Faccia di Picasso, Lucignolo, La mia vita a stelle e strisce, dei quali è anche protagonista. Un quarto film, La brutta copia, è stato girato e terminato nel 2002 restò impigliato nella brutta situazione finanziaria in cui rimase coinvolto il suo produttore, Vittorio Cecchi Gori uscendo solo 11 anni dopo nel canale sky cinema comedy della piattaforma satellitare di Sky italia. Nel 1998 interpreta la sua personalissima rivisitazione della favola diPinocchio con Fermi tutti questo è uno spettacolo, Pinocchio insieme ad Alessandro Paci e Carlo Monni. Nel 2001 conduce con Raffaella Carrà, Enrico Papi e Megan Gale il Festival di Sanremo, e nel 2005, per una sola puntata, Striscia la Notiziaassieme a Pieraccioni. Nel 2006 partecipa come concorrente alla quarta edizione del reality show L'isola dei famosi - Honduras. Durante la puntata del 18 ottobre, arrabbiato per aver visto il concorrente Raffaello Balzo mangiare a causa della sua debolezza fisica, pronuncia una bestemmia in diretta e così viene escluso dalla gara sebbene non fosse inquadrato. Nel 2006/2007 riprende la carriera teatrale, partecipando a vari spettacoli tra i quali la tournée di Quei bravi racazzi con Alessandro Paci. Nel 2008partecipa al film Un'estate al mare di Carlo Vanzina. Nel 2009 ripropone nuovamente Pinocchio con Alessandro Paci e Carlo Monni.

Movies for Massimo Ceccherini...

It Looks Like Paris
Title: It Looks Like Paris
Character: Paolo
Released: January 18, 2024
Type: Movie
Three brothers who haven't spoken to each other for years would like to satisfy the wish of their elderly and ill father who has never seen Paris.
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Roma, santa e dannata
Title: Roma, santa e dannata
Character: Sé stesso
Released: November 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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Ma tu, mi vuoi bene?
Title: Ma tu, mi vuoi bene?
Released: December 6, 2022
Type: Movie
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The Hummingbird
Title: The Hummingbird
Character: Duccio Chilleri
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in touch with. Tragedy and fate seem to haunt him, yet he somehow manages never to get ensnared in the chaos—like his namesake, “the hummingbird”, he focuses all his energy at standing still.
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Everyone on Board
Title: Everyone on Board
Character: Cosimo
Released: September 29, 2022
Type: Movie
Missing the train is very bad. Seeing it leave with your children and those of your friends you had to accompany on vacation is a whole other story ... that of the crazy pursuit from Turin to Sicily of a father and grandfather as different as they are unreliable.
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Il sesso degli angeli
Title: Il sesso degli angeli
Character: Zio Waldemaro
Released: April 21, 2022
Type: Movie
A street priest struggling to save his church learns his late uncle left him a small business that could turn his fortune around: he'll soon realize that said business is in fact... a brothel!
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Title: A Patch by Lundini
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2020
Type: TV
A patch is something commonly used to cover a hole in a dress. Valerio Lundini is a Roman surrealist comedian, who is called every night to replace a programme that, for various reasons, cannot go on air -- he basically puts "a patch" in a TV schedule. But can he?
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Pinocchio
Title: Pinocchio
Character: Volpe
Released: December 19, 2019
Type: Movie
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.
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Non ci resta che ridere
Title: Non ci resta che ridere
Released: May 2, 2019
Type: Movie
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Smile Factor
Title: Smile Factor
Released: April 20, 2017
Type: Movie
It's the story of four people who, after the funeral of Carlo Conti, are summoned by a notary to read the will of their recently deceased friend. In the will, Carlo Conti asks them to complete a project he always dreamed of: a TV show dedicated to Tuscan comedy. They will face the casting and the organization the television program. Unfortunately, they will run into many nut jobs!
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Gli infami - Episodi di vita quotidiana
Title: Gli infami - Episodi di vita quotidiana
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: Movie
A series of episodes linked by a common thread: "Who are the infamous?". The infamous are all those who, with their despicable actions cause things go well for them but bad for others. There are many things that could go better, much depends on us and our everyday behavior.
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Ciao Brother
Title: Ciao Brother
Released: June 9, 2016
Type: Movie
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The Champions League
Title: The Champions League
Character: Pappone
Released: April 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Two men must struggle to travel to Prague for Champions League Football Final match.
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Il professor Cenerentolo
Title: Il professor Cenerentolo
Character: Vincenzo 'Tinto' Zambrotta
Released: December 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Convict Umberto is allowed to work outside prison during daytime as a librarian. There he falls for a beautiful woman who mistakes him for a volunteer helping the inmates — however, like a modern-day Cinderella, every day he must leave and be back to his cell before midnight... will they manage to live happily ever after?
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Tale of Tales
Title: Tale of Tales
Character: Father Circus Performer
Released: May 14, 2015
Type: Movie
The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.
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Un fantastico via vai
Title: Un fantastico via vai
Character: Padre di Anna
Released: December 12, 2013
Type: Movie
Middle-aged family man Arnaldo is kicked out by his wife because of a misunderstanding. Instead of despairing, Arnaldo takes advantage of the situation to turn around his unsatisfying adult life by going to live in a flat shared with four university students.
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La brutta copia
Title: La brutta copia
Character: Fernando Petriccioli / Leandro Fandechi
Released: December 3, 2013
Type: Movie
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Sarebbe stato facile
Title: Sarebbe stato facile
Released: September 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Four homosexual friends, two men and two women, would like to get married without coming out to keep up appearances. But it's not that easy .
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Una vita da sogno
Title: Una vita da sogno
Released: May 23, 2013
Type: Movie
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Regalo a sorpresa
Title: Regalo a sorpresa
Character: Marco
Released: May 20, 2013
Type: Movie
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La mia mamma suona il rock
Title: La mia mamma suona il rock
Character: Massimo
Released: February 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Cristiano and Franco are the owners of a fashion house and a couple. Cristiano is obsessed with the idea of having a child, to make him happy Franco think of kidnapping Massimo and treating him like a son
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Operation Holidays
Title: Operation Holidays
Character: Spino
Released: May 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Bebo Conforti, a well-known piano bar singer, is forced to flee in the middle of the performance, to avoid a handful of criminals who want to capture him, on the orders of the "ferocious" local boss, Fefè Lucanica. Monica, Fefè's young and only daughter, has just told him that she is expecting a child with him. Luckily for our chansonnier, Fefè's henchmen are anything but smart, the Boss despairs by denigrating them, but he is too fond of them to get rid of them. From this manhunt, an unusual "On de road" escape is unleashed, full of misunderstandings, false leads and double truths.
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Finalmente la felicità
Title: Finalmente la felicità
Character: paziente ospedale
Released: December 16, 2011
Type: Movie
A middle-aged man finds out his late mother was sponsoring a Brazilian girl who has now become a beautiful model.
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Napoletans
Title: Napoletans
Character: Pino
Released: December 1, 2011
Type: Movie
In a small town in southern Italy lives the Di Gennaro family. Gennaro, the householder, is a noted dentist, married to Anna, a housewife, a few years away from converting to Buddhism. They have two sons: Roberto, last year medical student and guitarist in a small band, and Mattia who attended the first year of high school. The Di Gennaros appear to be a perfect family, but each character hides flaws and excesses.
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Wedding in Paris
Title: Wedding in Paris
Character: Leonardo
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: Movie
A businessman in Italy, who doesn't pay any taxes, and a financier always on the hunt for tax evaders come into contact because their sons share an apartment in Paris.
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My Friends: How It All Began
Title: My Friends: How It All Began
Character: Alderighi
Released: March 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.
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Una cella in due
Title: Una cella in due
Character: Manolo
Released: March 4, 2011
Type: Movie
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A Natale mi sposo
Title: A Natale mi sposo
Character: Cecco
Released: November 26, 2010
Type: Movie
A chef who yearns for an international reputation helps his son try to win back his ex by arranging to cater her St. Moritz wedding to another man.
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Me and Marilyn
Title: Me and Marilyn
Character: Massimo Marchesi
Released: December 17, 2009
Type: Movie
During a séance with some friends, divorced carny Gualtiero successfully conjures the spirit of Marilyn Monroe — although he's the only one who can see her. With Marilyn's help, he'll win back his wife, who left him for a lion tamer, and his teen daughter.
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A summer at the sea
Title: A summer at the sea
Character: Cecco
Released: June 27, 2008
Type: Movie
Set against the sun-soaked shores of Italy in the summertime, seven different tales unfold about life, love, loss, family, and friendship.
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A Beautiful Wife
Title: A Beautiful Wife
Character: Baccano
Released: December 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Mariano has been married for 10 years with Miranda, a woman way out of his league. Their small-town life is disrupted by womanizing photographer Andrea, who — struck by her good looks — offers Miranda a one-time modelling job. Albeit hesitant, the couple eventually accepts his invitation to the Seychelles...
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2061 - Un anno eccezionale
Title: 2061 - Un anno eccezionale
Character: Cosimetto Delli Cecchi
Released: October 26, 2007
Type: Movie
In a post-apocalyptic future, the Italian peninsula is going through a dark moment due to a terrible energy crisis.
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Un dottore quasi perfetto
Title: Un dottore quasi perfetto
Character: Luigi
Released: May 31, 2007
Type: Movie
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Napoleon and Me
Title: Napoleon and Me
Character: Cosimo Bartolini
Released: October 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.
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Fave (Quelli di Pinocchio)
Title: Fave (Quelli di Pinocchio)
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: Movie
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La piccola fiammiferaia
Title: La piccola fiammiferaia
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: Movie
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I Love You in Every Language in the World
Title: I Love You in Every Language in the World
Character: Frate Massimo
Released: December 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Divorced high school PE teacher Gilberto falls in love with Margherita, unaware that she is the mother of Paolina, a student that has been sending him "I love you" notes written in every language in the world.
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Tutti all'attacco
Title: Tutti all'attacco
Character: Max Bernabei
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: Movie
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Suddenly Heaven
Title: Suddenly Heaven
Character: Passante
Released: December 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Lorenzo is a confirmed bachelor who creates atmospheric SFX for movies. His beliefs about love are put to the test when he meets Amaranta, a beautiful woman who has commissioned a fake snowfall as a surprise to her boyfriend—who doesn't show up, forcing Lorenzo to take his place in the romantic trip Amaranta had planned.
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La mia vita a stelle e strisce
Title: La mia vita a stelle e strisce
Character: Lando Cecchini
Released: October 13, 2003
Type: Movie
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The Prince and the Pirate
Title: The Prince and the Pirate
Character: Melchiorre "Gimondi" Natali
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
After his father's death, elementary school teacher Leopoldo discovers he has to share the inheritance with a half-brother he didn't know existed: hustler and small-time crook Melchiorre, currently in jail.
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A ruota libera
Title: A ruota libera
Character: Natalizia
Released: December 15, 2000
Type: Movie
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Faccia di Picasso
Title: Faccia di Picasso
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: Movie
The usual story of the young director who tells the movie that fails to do. Zany gags, quotes, the eternal exasperation to get at all costs to laugh, to any.
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Lucignolo
Title: Lucignolo
Character: Lucio
Released: March 5, 1999
Type: Movie
Red-haired, sex-obsessed manchild Lucio lazes all day long with his friend Pino until he falls for the beautiful head of the local loony bin. A retelling of 'Pinocchio' from the perspective of a Candlewick-like character.
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Fermi tutti questo è uno spettacolo, Pinocchio
Title: Fermi tutti questo è uno spettacolo, Pinocchio
Character: Lucignolo
Released: April 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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Viola bacia tutti
Title: Viola bacia tutti
Character: Max
Released: January 23, 1998
Type: Movie
Three deadbeat friends see their motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from the police after a robbery.
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Fuochi d'artificio
Title: Fuochi d'artificio
Character: Germano
Released: October 10, 1997
Type: Movie
Ottone, a professional dog sitter who's uncertain about most things in life, asks an analyst if he made the right decision love-wise while recounting the significant relationships he had with four women.
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Cinque giorni di tempesta
Title: Cinque giorni di tempesta
Released: September 2, 1997
Type: Movie
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The Cyclone
Title: The Cyclone
Character: Libero
Released: December 20, 1996
Type: Movie
The everyday life of accountant Levante, his family and the other people of a small town in the Tuscan countryside is taken by storm by the serendipitous arrival of five gorgeous Spanish flamenco dancers.
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Ritorno a casa Gori
Title: Ritorno a casa Gori
Character: Danilo Gori
Released: October 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Matriarch Adele's death prompts an unexpected and often incendiary reunion for the large Gori family – unaware that inside her coffin lie also the stolen goods of a robbery by her son Danilo.
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Albergo Roma
Title: Albergo Roma
Released: September 27, 1996
Type: Movie
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The Graduates
Title: The Graduates
Character: Pino Noferini
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Four thirtysomething university students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, her brother Rocco works night shifts to pay for his rent, Bruno has to graduate to inherit his father-in-law's business (while cheating on his wife with her sister), and Pino dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian.
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Il Grande Fausto
Title: Il Grande Fausto
Released: October 29, 1995
Type: Movie
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S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
Title: S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
Character: tipo toscano
Released: December 15, 1994
Type: Movie
A comedy based on Ancient Rome with Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi and Leslie Nielsen.
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Dear Goddamned Friends
Title: Dear Goddamned Friends
Character: Martini
Released: March 4, 1994
Type: Movie
In 1944 in Tuscany, a group of boxers facing the disasters of the Second World War, during the intrusive presence of the Germans and the Americans, organizes rigged matches to make some money and travel from town to town, hoping to participate in local fairs. A young black American soldier, believed missing, and a girl who refused to marry accompany the ramshackle group.
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Bonus Malus
Title: Bonus Malus
Character: Amico di Nedo
Released: November 7, 1993
Type: Movie
The life of a rootless insurance agent starts falling apart.
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Daddy, Don't Blush
Title: Daddy, Don't Blush
Character: fan di Anna
Released: November 25, 1992
Type: Movie
Tullio Venturini, a retired widower, has a daughter, Anna, who is an actress. However, he is the only one not to know that she works in the porn industry.
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Zitti e mosca
Title: Zitti e mosca
Character: Kinder
Released: September 21, 1991
Type: Movie
In a small Tuscan village that's waiting for the local festival to commence, amidst confusion about the fall of Communism, the lives of some dazed characters intertwine.
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Benvenuti in casa Gori
Title: Benvenuti in casa Gori
Character: Danilo Gori
Released: October 19, 1990
Type: Movie
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Title: Sanremo Music Festival
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 29, 1951
Type: TV
The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.